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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: "Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.email>,
	"SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>,
	"Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, "Cesar Eduardo Barros" <cesarb@cesarb.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 20/23] .gitignore: touch up the entries regarding Visual Studio
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:49:20 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqk1b0j5a7.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1908261638450.46@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (Johannes Schindelin's message of "Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:57:08 +0200 (CEST)")

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

>> > > > > --- a/.gitignore
>> > > > > +++ b/.gitignore
>> > > > > @@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
>> > > > >   *.ipdb
>> > > > >   *.dll
>> > > > >   .vs/
>> > > > > -/Debug/
>> > > > > -/Release/
>> > > > > +*.manifest
>> > > > This new line ignores the tracked file 'compat/win32/git.manifest'
>> > > > that was added fairly recently in fe90397604 (mingw: embed a manifest
>> > > > to trick UAC into Doing The Right Thing, 2019-06-27).
>> > > >
>> > > > I wonder whether that's intentional or accidental.
>
> This was an oversight of mine, my apologies. That line should go.

Good to see people finding glitches in topics that have graduated to
'master' not so long ago.  It would have been even nicer if we found
them while in 'next', but we are all human ;-)

> More precisely, manifest files are something specific to Windows, where
> you can embed metadata in an executable. Visual Studio auto-generated it
> under certain circumstances, but recent versions seem not to do that
> anymore.

I expect somebody who knows Windows .manifest better than I do to
come up with a one-liner patch with a single paragraph log message.
Or it can just be a part of a larger series that is the next batch
of Windows updates.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2019-08-26 15:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-07-18 13:19 [PATCH 00/24] Reinstate support for Visual Studio Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 01/24] Vcproj.pm: auto-generate GUIDs Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 03/24] Vcproj.pm: do not configure VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 02/24] Vcproj.pm: list git.exe first to be startup project Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 04/24] Vcproj.pm: urlencode '<' and '>' when generating VC projects Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 06/24] contrib/buildsystems: ignore irrelevant files in Generators/ Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 05/24] contrib/buildsystems: ignore invalidcontinue.obj Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 07/24] contrib/buildsystems: fix misleading error message Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 09/24] contrib/buildsystems: ignore gettext stuff Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 08/24] contrib/buildsystems: handle quoted spaces in filenames Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 10/24] contrib/buildsystems: redirect errors of the dry run into a log file Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 12/24] contrib/buildsystems: error out on unknown option Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 11/24] contrib/buildsystems: optionally capture the dry-run in a file Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 13/24] contrib/buildsystems: handle the curl library option Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 15/24] contrib/buildsystems: also handle -lexpat Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 14/24] contrib/buildsystems: handle libiconv, too Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 16/24] contrib/buildsystems: handle options starting with a slash Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 18/24] msvc: add a Makefile target to pre-generate the Visual Studio solution Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 17/24] contrib/buildsystems: add a backend for modern Visual Studio versions Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 19/24] vcxproj: also link-or-copy builtins Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 21/24] .gitignore: ignore Visual Studio's temporary/generated files Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 20/24] .gitignore: touch up the entries regarding Visual Studio Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 22/24] bin-wrappers: append `.exe` to target paths if necessary Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 23/24] t5505,t5516: create .git/branches/ when needed Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-18 20:34   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-07-19 14:52     ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-07-19 15:07       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-07-19 15:36       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-07-19 16:30         ` Junio C Hamano
2019-07-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 24/24] git: avoid calling aliased builtins via their dashed form Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08 ` [PATCH v2 00/23] Reinstate support for Visual Studio Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 01/23] Vcproj.pm: auto-generate GUIDs Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 02/23] Vcproj.pm: list git.exe first to be startup project Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 03/23] Vcproj.pm: do not configure VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 05/23] contrib/buildsystems: ignore invalidcontinue.obj Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 04/23] Vcproj.pm: urlencode '<' and '>' when generating VC projects Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 06/23] contrib/buildsystems: ignore irrelevant files in Generators/ Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 08/23] contrib/buildsystems: handle quoted spaces in filenames Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 07/23] contrib/buildsystems: fix misleading error message Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 09/23] contrib/buildsystems: ignore gettext stuff Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 11/23] contrib/buildsystems: optionally capture the dry-run in a file Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 10/23] contrib/buildsystems: redirect errors of the dry run into a log file Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 12/23] contrib/buildsystems: error out on unknown option Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 13/23] contrib/buildsystems: handle the curl library option Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 15/23] contrib/buildsystems: also handle -lexpat Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 14/23] contrib/buildsystems: handle libiconv, too Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 16/23] contrib/buildsystems: handle options starting with a slash Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 18/23] msvc: add a Makefile target to pre-generate the Visual Studio solution Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 17/23] contrib/buildsystems: add a backend for modern Visual Studio versions Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 19/23] vcxproj: also link-or-copy builtins Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 20/23] .gitignore: touch up the entries regarding Visual Studio Philip Oakley via GitGitGadget
2019-08-25 12:07     ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-08-25 13:20       ` Philip Oakley
2019-08-25 19:09         ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-08-25 22:21           ` Philip Oakley
2019-08-26  9:10             ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-08-28 11:34               ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-26 14:57             ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-26 15:49               ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 21/23] .gitignore: ignore Visual Studio's temporary/generated files Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 23/23] git: avoid calling aliased builtins via their dashed form Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 22/23] bin-wrappers: append `.exe` to target paths if necessary Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-07-29 21:56   ` [PATCH v2 00/23] Reinstate support for Visual Studio Junio C Hamano

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